Earl Byas Jr. from Washington, DC passed away peacefully in Arlington, VA on September 2, 2024.
Gerald L. Rains, age 77, of McLean, Virginia, died September 1, 2024, at the Inova Fairfax Medical Center after a short illness. He held a master's degree in mathematics from the Michigan State University. He was a former employee of TRW, Inc. He was the son of the late Marjorie D. Rains and Edwin F. Rains. He is survived by...
Tom Squitieri, an award-winning journalist whose reporting from the frontlines of overseas war zones and the back rooms of American politics was marked by a focus on the human side of any news story, and who found a calling late in life as a nationally published poet, died on Sunday, Sept.1, 2024, at Sibley Memorial Hospital in Washington, D.C.
His former...
Bette Eloise Clemens, a beloved sister, aunt, and friend, peacefully passed away on August 29 2024, in Falls Church, Virginia, after a courageous battle with cancer. Born on September 26, 1951, in Dearborn, Michigan, Bette lived a life full of learning, compassion, and quiet strength, touching the hearts of those she encountered.
Bette's education began at Marian High School in Bloomfield...
Raymond DeVeau Hagen, a narrator for 42 years at The Library of Congress’ National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled, died at his home in Washington, D.C., at the age of 88 on August 28th, 2024. Over the course of his 42-year narration career, he recorded some 550 books for the “Talking Books” program, retiring in 2015. He...